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Joseph Eugene Proctor, age 38, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc,1St Battalion, 172D Armor, 2D Bct, 28Th Id (1 Mef), Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of death: Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Tammin, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Antoine Jay Mckinzie, age 25, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Step father Dwight Adams
School: Indianapolis Pike High (2000)
Military history: B Battery, 4Th Battalion, 27Th Field Artillery, Baumholder, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Death details: Killed when his Humvee came under enemy small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Eric Dean Hillenburg, age 21, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 3D Bn, 5Th Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, December 23, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Deryk Lyell Hallal, age 24, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 4Th Mar, 1St Mar Div. Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jesse Marinus Halling, age 19, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 401St Military Police Company, Fort Hood, Texas 76545
Date of death: Saturday, June 7, 2003
Death details: Killed in Tikrit, Iraq when his unit came under attack
Cemetery: Crown Hill Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Timothy J. Maude, age 53, of Indianapolis, Indiana
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Teri
Children: Kathleen A. Koehler and Karen E. Maude
Date of death: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Death details: Killed in terrorist attack on Pentagon
Source: Lodi News Sentinel, National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial
John M. Paddock, age 43, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county. Their last known residence was in Pensacola, Florida.
Spouse: Married
Children: Michelle C. and Theresa Lynn Paddock and stepdaughters Susan D. and Ashley C. Daggett
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Saturday, March 23, 1991
Death details: Died in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
Cemetery: Barranicas National; Pensacola, Florida
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Veterans Affairs, Indianapolis News (1991), Pensacola New Journal (1991)
Brian K. Simpson, age 22, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.
Parents: Christine and stepfather James A. Jensen
Spouse: Hope Daglieri (married about 1 month)
Children: None
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Anderson High (1986)
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed in SCUD missile attack.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Muncie Star Press (1991)
John Franklin Stuart, age 39, from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: December 20, 1972
Death details:
On December 20, 1972, a B-52 Stratofortress (tail number 56-0622, call sign “Orange 03”) with a crew of six embarked on a combat mission over Hanoi, North Vietnam. The aircraft, which was third in a flight of three, was hit by a surface to air missile while over the target. The aircraft burst into a large fireball and crashed in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q WJ 869 477. Crew members in other aircraft did not see any parachutes and detected no rescue beepers. Because of the heavy enemy fire and the fact that the loss location was deep in enemy territory, a search and rescue effort could not be conducted. It was later learned that two of the crew members survived the crash, were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, and were eventually released. A joint US/Vietnamese mission resulted in the recovery of the remains of two of the crew members. The other two crew members remain unaccounted for.
Major John Franklin Stuart, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Indiana, served with the 307th Strategic Wing. He was the aircraft commander of the Stratofortress when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. After the incident, the Air Force promoted Major Stuart to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col). Today, Lieutenant Colonel Stuart is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Thomas Harold Taft, age 20, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.
Parents: Helen M. Taft
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 101st Airborn Division
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 1971
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Floral Park in Indianapolis
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Indianapolis Star (1971)